“He took his wife Sarai, his nephew Lot, all the possessions they had accumulated and the people they had acquired in Harran, and they set out for the land of Canaan, and they arrived there.”            Genesis 12:5 NIV

Abram went, as the Lord had told him; and Lot went with him. Abram was seventy-five years old when he departed from Harran. Abram travelled through the land as far as the site of the great tree of Moreh at Shechem. At that time the Canaanites were in the land. The Lord appeared to Abram and said, “To your offspring I will give this land.” So he built an altar there to the Lord, who had appeared to him. From there he went on toward the hills east of Bethel and pitched his tent, with Bethel on the west and Ai on the east. There he built an altar to the Lord and called on the name of the Lord. (Genesis. 12:6-9 NIV) This is more than just a record of what happened to Abram when he first entered the land. It is also a very accurate picture of the conditions of a Spirit-filled life. The first thing we are told is that Abram passed through the land to the place at Shechem, to the oak of Moreh. These names are most revealing. Shechem means “shoulder,” and the shoulder is to the Hebrew a symbol of strength. The name Moreh means “instruction” and when we combine these two words, we get our first glimpse of what it is like in the land. Only as we are taught the Word of God by the Spirit of God do we find strength to live the life our Lord has called us to.

PRAYER THOUGHT

Holy Spirit, thank You for giving us strength through God’s Word.

PRAYER FOR TODAY

Lord, as we obey Your call, thank You for the strength You give us through the leading of Your Holy Spirit and Your Word. AMEN

INTERNATIONAL BIBLE READING ASSOCIATION (IBRA)

Isaiah 2:6-18

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